Trap



H. PIERINI.

TRAP. v APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, |921.

Patented June 20, 1922.

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WIT/VESSES HUMBERT PIERINI, OF GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR T0 ROBERT B.v MCMAHON,

0F GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.

TRAP.

Original application led October 29,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 20, `1922. 1920, Serial No'. 420,426. Divided and thisapplication ledjMarch 18, 1921: Serial No. 453,267.

To all whom it may concern Be' it known that I, HUMBERT PIERINI, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Greenvillain the county of Washington and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Traps', of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in traps and more especially a divisional part o-my application led October 29, 1920, under Serial yNumber 420,426. It has for its object to provide a trap especially adapted'for use in catching mice, rats and the like, wherein a Jframe is provided having'means for permitting it to be connected to a table top, board or the like, the Jframe supporting a plate which normally stands in the plane of the frame, but is so arranged that under a slight excess of weight at one end, it will tilt, the plate being adapted to be arranged above a container for water or the like into which the rodent is adapted to be dumped by the tilting of the plate, the trame having means for supporting bait at that end where the plate moves downward when it tilts, the attaching means being at the opposite end.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved trap in use,

Figure 2 is a perspective" view partly broken away, and

Figure 3 is a vertical section at the clamp.

In the embodiment of the invention shown, the trap is shown as comprising a substantially rectangular frame 10, which in the present instance, is composed of wire bent to form side members 11 and end members 12, the ends of the wire being at the center of one of the end members and twisted as shown at 13 to form an open eye, loops or coil 14 orminga bait support.

At the center of the other end a clamp is formed, said wire at the end opposite the coil 14 being bent outwardly and inwardly on each side of the center, to form a pair of outwardly extending arms 15, which are adapted to rest upon the top of the supporting plate or table 16.

Between the arms, the wire is bent downwardly and inwardly to form a downwardly oise't cross-bar 17, and the ends are twisted together to provide adownwardly and outwardly extending arm 18'having atitsiree end, an eye 19. This eye carriesa grooved' nut 20 throughwhich is threadeda setscrew 21 having a wing head or operating part 22.

Aplate 23 isV arranged within the frame, the side members atA approximately their centers having bent in and flattened portions v 24- which areV perforated to form bearings for journal pins 25'in`the`plate at the opposite edges thereof."

These journal pins 25 are nearer the coil than they are to the clamp, so that theplate will normally tipfdownward at the end adjacent to the clamp. A stop is however, indicated at 26, and in the form. of a loop` carried by the portion or bar 17 soas to project inwardly. This loop shaped stop' is` provided for preventing such tipping movement of the plate, and'it will'be readily understood that the plate is so balanced that a very slight excess weight on the opposite side of the journal pins 251mm the clamp`l will cause the plate tov tilt downward at the pins 25, the'plate will tilt, dumping the ani- 'mal' into the water to result in drowning.

In view of the'foregoingit isthoughtthat the operation ot the device will be readily understood and in view of the simplicity and practical value, that it will readily com,- mend itself to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A trap of the class described comprising a substantially rectangular metal frame and bent to form spaced horizontal upper and lower supporting arms for engaging above and below a support or table topfwith the frame extending horizontally at one end, the remote end being bent to form an extension for supporting the bait, a plate` pivoted within the frame intermediate of the ends thereof and mounted to normally tilt overV the end of the Jframe ontothe plate185 which will support his-weight. Whenv however, the animal passesb'eyond the pivot downward at the end adjacent to said arms constituting means at one end of the 'frame for clamping the same in position, said plate being adapted'to tilt in the opposite direction under a slight excess of weight at the end adjacent to the bait holder and means for normallypreventing downward movement oi the rst named end of the plate.

2. A trap of the class described comprising a frame composed of a single section of wire bent to shape and to form spaced horizont-al upper and lower supporting arms for engaging above and below a support, a clamping member carried by one of the arms and cooperating therewith to form I clamping means to secure the device to a table top or the like, with the frame extending horizontally and having at the other end an extension bent therefrom for supporting bait, a plate pivoted within the iframe intermediate the ends of the plate and mounted to .normally tilt downwardly at the end adjacent to the clamp, said plate being adapted to tilt in the opposite direction under a slight excess of weight at the end adjacent to the bait holder, and a stop member carried bythe 'frame adjacent to the supporting arm for normally preventing downward move-- ment ot the first named end oit the plate.

3. A trap of the class described comprising a wire trame comprising sides andV ends, one end havingV a bait holding coil and the other end bent outwardly and inwardly at Y, two spaced points on each side ot the center 35 .adapted to rest on top of a supporting plate to Jform a pair' of' outwardly extending arms or table, the wire between the arms being .bent downwardly and inwardly to form a downwardly offset. cross-bar, the ends being then twisted together to provide a downf wardly and outwardly extending armn an eye at the free end of the last-named arm, a nut therein, a set screw threaded therethrough to cooperate with the first-named arms, a plate pivoted intermediately at its opposite edges to the sides of the-frame nearer the coil than the clampformed by the firstnamed arms and set screw so that the plate will normally tip downward at the end adjacent the clamp, and a stop at the said end Lacasse:

mounted to normally tilt downward at the end adjacent to the clamp,'said plate being adapted to tilt in the opposite direction under a slight excess ot weight at the end adjacent to the coil, and means for normally preventing downward movement of the first named end of the plate, said frame being composed of wire bent to form supporting arms for engaging above and below the support at the end remote from the bait holder, one of said arms carrying a set screw cooperating with the other arm to secure the device in position.

5. In a trap ot the class described, a frame for a tilting platform comprising a single section of wire bent to form sides and ends, one end being bent to form aV bait holding coil and the other end bent outwardly and inwardly at spaced points at each side of the center to form a pair of outwardly extending arms adapted' to rest on top of a supporting plate or table, the wire between the arms being' bent downwardly and inwardly to form a downwardly offset cross bar, the ends being then twisted together to provide a downwardly and outwardly extending arm,

an eye at the vtree end ofv the lastnamed arm,v

HUMBERT PIERINI. 

